Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

Amoxicillin begins to work within a few hours after starting the antibiotic. You may start to feel better within 48 to 72 hours. However, you should always finish taking all your prescribed medication ...

Recently, a group of academics discovered that saccharin harbors antimicrobial properties, meaning that it can kill pathogenic bacteria similarly to how antibiotics work. The research, published in ...

In line with that, new research has shown a daily dose of epidermicin NI01 – an antibiotic compound developed by University of Plymouth spinout company Amprologix – is as effective at removing ...

The diagnosis is confirmed by examining a urine sample. The antibiotic chosen for treatment, and how long it should be taken, are based on the antibiotic and the medical condition of the person ...

A smaller version of the Vetlen Pouch, an antibiotic delivery system designed to administer antibiotics directly to wounds in animal patients, was recently introduced by Vetlen, the company behind the ...

Researchers found most samples resistant to key antibiotics, including carbapenems, with 97% carrying plasmids that spread resistance, highlighting the urgent need for global surveillance and ...

Antibiotic allergy testing has been described as a strategy to circumvent this dilemma, but it carries limitations that often make it less feasible in patients with acute infections or in community ...

Introduction: Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is primarily caused by oxidative stress from reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation. Developing ROS scavengers presents promising ...

Researchers believe they have identified a new class of antibiotics, nearly three decades since the last new one came to market. Teams at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and the University ...

Having stripped back its workforce, antibiotics biotech Spero Therapeutics continues to strip away its remaining pipeline. The latest program to be discontinued is SPR206, a next-gen polymyxin ...

He says that to find new drugs to combat growing antimicrobial resistance, scientists must “look to more unusual or overlooked sources of antibiotics.” So the team grew the bacteria found in ...